I expect so — but if — — ”
“Oh! Is there an ‘if’?’ Euan, are you going away forever?”
“Dear maid, I don’t know yet what has happened — — ”
“I do! You are going!� To your death, perhaps — for all I know — — ”
“Hush! And good-night — — ”
She held to my offered hand tightly:
“Don’t go — don’t go — — ”
“I will return and tell you if — — ”
“‘If!’ That means you will not return! I shall never see you again!”